Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-01-31
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ton allowing ten working hours Jay CIV
twenty-sX days to the month.
ONE of the most successful commercial
travellers in York state is negro. he know
his business thoroughly, Is respectful oS o.
| all who know him. and 50 Tar as kho"n'
the only colured drummer III the county,
OsATA SaN,a young Japanese ladY writer
has been taken on the editorial stan OF one o
the best newspapers IN Toxic: ms 10 tt'
first woman in the King ION OF the Ole aU'
who has been admitted within the oroio' y
journalism.
TgF Swiss are a nation OF hotel keepers
There are in switzerland thousand hoteis
containing 50 coo beds and employing io'Ol \
servants. The gross income from . nv9'
| hotels is considerably more IMAM Ihe HH""''
BUDGET of the confederation
THE bait of a fortune in England still at
tracts Americans. A man named Anderson
who desc bed himself as lawyer, succeeIeu
| in tleeclng Charles Deakln, OF SusqHehahua'
Pa ont OF $40, 600. under pretense Oh seCuIlh =
for INN a large fortune in England, oil whIch
he was the rlghtlu heir
A YOUNG woman in Philadelphia, % years
old. was told BY the doctors that she must
give up tight laeng or die, and the way she
lAld herself down and died WHOM a. hui
muir has called forth the praise OF III peF ac.
quaintances When they cut .hsE Corset
Strings the report was supposed ~ many 70
mean another boiter explosion.
A CURIOUS RELIC of the recent terrible rail-
road disd ter Az Rio, Wis. is owned ~ rest
dent of Bef0it. 1t consists OF ashapeless l|p
Of gold Of the weight of q SO piece, N Wbtcn
| is imbedIcd q portion OF p0ckctknlfe: INC
| eagle and the knife had evidently been COM
| panions in he pocket OF some entoInped paS-
| stnger, and the terrible heat had united them
| in astng embrace, 80
THERE is no dearth OF physicians in this
country. statgtician declares that whlle
the annual increase OF the population Is less
! than per cent. The annual increase OF ply
| siclans il more than 5L9 per cent. u Is 81 q
that there are nearly two thousand more
! physicians IN the state OF ILLINOIS IMAM are
/ necessary. No WOnucr mNuy oil them are
! drifting INTO other calllngs.
A LARGE German firm at Bamberg has
originated novel plan for attracting Gus
! toners Adjoining their store is c. fe and
restaurant Every purchaser obtains a
| ticket Of q mission, on WhIch IS marked the
| value OF the goods purchased. II he has spent
! IL dollar he ge's q emp OF coffee gratis; If two
d,liaro a ste k or chop, and 30 on to dinner
of several courses, with wines, etc.
Hon. A. 5. DRAPER, State superintendent
! Of New York, gives some curious facts on the
! compulsory law. There are 3I,325 teachers
employed IN the state: of these 80 70 or 1000
| drop ont every year. The average salary Is
.
| cent. are enrolled IN the schools. Mr.. Draper
| asserts that the average Attendance mas fallen
of 10 per cent since the enactment Of The
compulsory claus
AN Eastern horticultural contemporary
SAYS: at $ remarkable that more use is not
made of the banana as plant for the sum
mer decoration of American gardens. It has
much grauder effect than the Gamma, and
luXuriate- under our summer suns, especially
n in rather damp soil. Tue probability 5
the aver ge Millionaire has not enough
winter glass to accommodate these highly
tropical suCculents nine months In the year.
THE New Workers. have a novelty; it is a
lsdies' walking club. 1t daily sets forth from
the house of member, gathering accessons
Is 1t travels by the houses where other mem
bers are waitngto fall II line, and by the
time IL reaches the PARK II Is quite form da-
bic as well rs fascinating squadron. The
daily spin ID not to be Intermitteu even In the
worst Of wenthers. The only feet the ele-
ments are permitted to have on the club is to
shorten the walk.
A BILL for S46.which was paid to the Captain
of a tukboat for putting out a fire on the gov
eminent wharf in Detroit, no other means of
eXunguishlng the flames being at hand, has
been returned to the officer who paid 1t. The
auditing oficer threw 1t out on the ground
that the expenditure was unauthorized by
la y, since there had been no adver ,isemcnts
for proposa $, no bids for the work no bonds
given that 1t would be done satisfactorily, and
no proof that the contract had been gwen TO
the highest bidder
PARIS has managed to obiterate most OF
the traces left upon 1t OF the memorable war
Of 1S7O-7l; but there are plenty OF buildings
IN the neighborhood OF the city which recaI
very wildly the horrors of that time. OF these
The most Impressive, by its vast ess and its
historical associations IS the ruined pa ace of
st. Cloud. The town Itself. which the French
shattered in their eff rts to di-lodge the Prus-
SANS from the park beyond, has been rebuilt.
but the palace remains very much as it APP
peared When the peace was signed: the shell
OF palace, yet nevertheless 50 rich in archi-
ttcturdl beauties hat II Is to be hoped, il only
IN the interest Of arr students, that 1t will not
be allowed TO share the fate of the Tuileries.
No little beetles or serpents have as yet APP
peared this season upon the evening toilet of
those of the earth who can afford to be eccen-
trio. Twenty years ago French women had
a caprice ABOUT snakes. They made pet OF
them. The Princess de la Tour d'AuVergue
always kept a llttlr one in her pocket. ahVe
OF course. Her husband object III, and her
friends did not quite ike it, bur no eutreatief
awaited to separate her from tie little reptile
! that she loved. Mime. MUsard wore a small
| viper on her neck among her ipcum parable
| damon i. hen she appeared miner box al
| The opera every glass IN he house was leveed
| al her rs she sat scintiliatng with diamonds
| and with the rk coil of the serpenJ's body
illustrating the whiteness ofher neck.
TIE late Marco Minghettl was King Hum.
| bert's most trus Ell counsellor. zone nigh
| in Rome" relates NJ. Emile de Larelsye. 81
| found myself in that Incompatible salon OF the
| palace il the Plaza Pagapica, az which tnt
| Donna Laura had made q temple devoted t.
| art, to science and to wit. The German mas
! ter, NJ. de Rendell, seated at the piano, wa
| making VA forget the advance of night, wher
| 4 carnage arrived at a quick trOt nd stoppeC
IN the Z ara. Minzhett1 was summoned tC
| the Quirinal. where ne stayed till o'clocl
| in the morning. The next day everybody
| heard that the Ministerial crisis, which wa
! threatening such grave compli atoms, hAC
| been averted, thanks to a skilful com
| promise. Forgetting all personal ambition
| the great patriot had stretched out a hand Il
| his adversaries IN order TO save his coun r.
| from sterile agtations, and this WAS his con
slant course during his last eight years il
| Opposition"
THE Boston correspondent OF the Hartford
Courant says: There died at Cambridge las
week man of rare worth and OF great equip
ment in point of knowledge and good sense
whose modesty was such that he mad hardly
IN AIDE the impression upon the world abou
| him that might have been expected Thu
WAS DR.. Estes Howe, = gentleman in the bes
sense OF the word, and ono greatly esteemed
| physician, but had a taste for business and
| for public AFFAIRS which had diverted mis- at
tcntion from his profession. He was one o
! the original Free Sellers OF the State, and wa,
! tho intimate friend of sumner, Wilson, An,
drew, and the rest of the early leadera